I was confined to a wheelchair for 3 months after an accident. Right about the time I was moving from the chair to crutches and cane my buddies had the plans and were starting to source parts to hang a Harley motor on it.
I was confined to a wheelchair for 3 months after an accident. Right about the time I was moving from the chair to crutches and cane my buddies had the plans and were starting to source parts to hang a Harley motor on it.
We deal with them every day at work. One of the worst things you can hear as they board a crowded bus is "I'm sorry, I just got this one." They are going to hit something, and if people aren't paying attention there will be an injury. We had a driver out for a few months because a rather large woman carrying quite a load ran over his foot. He broke 3 toes and a few other little bits.
Most of the people we get are good and can come in and manuvre right into place but the ones that can't are frightening. They are also the ones that seem to get mad at everyone else and expect you to take care of them when their battery goes dead.
A simple cowcatcher on the front would fix things.
I've had an idea for a similar device that straps to the waist of able-bodied people - for getting through the mall during the Christmas rush.
Shove a stick in his spokes.
Mikey52_1 wrote: Then one time while I was unloading the scooter, a woman passing by mentioned that I didn't look handicapped, so why was I in the handicapped spot?
My grandfather was short a leg. He had an electric scooter that we'd load into the back of the Mark VII.
It's amazing how people assume that handicapped tag means EVERYONE associated with the car is handicapped. Or that handicapped = wheelchair. Look at your state's handicapped-tag regs sometime, a lot of the people who qualify may look perfectly able-bodies.
My grandmother qualifies for one. She gets around the house just fine, and can shop just fine, but she can't go a hundred feet without resting.
Just to reiterate: electric wheelchairs, even the fast ones, are cool. A dick driving one, isn't.
I recently saw a man driving his scooter down the street with a trailer made from a Red Rider wagon attached to it. What was in the trailer you ask? A case of Natty Light. I liked him.
Appleseed wrote: Just to reiterate: electric wheelchairs, even the fast ones, are cool. A dick driving one, isn't.
True of any vehicle type ever made. Including F4's, firetrucks, Corvettes, and Miatas.
The phenomena that bother me are the blacked out scooters on the street, AT NIGHT. I've seen a few with no reflectors, no lights, riders wearing dark clothes, in the lane ... pretty good sidewalks just sitting there ... Death wish? And, yeah, every now and then one of the gets nailed.
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